Game apparatus



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W. D. PIGKENS.

GAME APPARATUS. No. 508 834. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

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W. D. PIGKENS.

' GAME APPARATUS.

No, 508,834. I PatentedNov. 14-, 1893.

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1 citizen of the United States, residing at Port specification.

designed for use in playing games in which 1O invention being to provide a device whereby lower disk may be seen when viewed from .base 2, and an upright or shank The upper disk being provided with spaced openpossessed by the player opposite whichsuch WILLIAM PIok Ns, Ftdn m-"Nt, oREGo Q- I GAMEAPPARATUS.

V SPECIFICATTON forming part of Letters ffatent No. 508,834, dated November 14, 1893.

Application filed July 31. 1893. E

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. PIOKENS, a

land, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Game Apparatus, of which the following is a My invention relates to a game apparatus cards are employed as the means, and are dealt successively to a number of players to form hands containing five cards, of which games poker is a type, the objectof the the cards are dealt mechanically, thus preventing underhand or crooked dealing and making thegamestrictly one of chance 1 In carrying out my'invention I employ relatively rotatable disks, each of .which carries a'numberof' cards which are adapted to be brought intoalignmen-t in series, each series containing the number of cards belonging to a hand. These disks are preferably arranged in adjacent parallel planes, the

ings through which the cards carried by the directly'above that particular part of the apparatus, whereby the other players aboutthe boards are prevented from viewing the hand hand is arranged. v

My invention is more fully described hereinafter in connection with the drawings, and the novel features thereof are more particu larly pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a game apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section Fig. 3 is a plan view offithe dle whichis employed when the device is supported upon a table or other similar stand.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawin s. 1

ldesignates the stand or support, having a shank is provided at its upper end with a bearing 4., bounded at its lower end by a co1- lar 5, and terminating at its upper end in a Serial No. 482,009. (No model.)

tions of the revoluble and fixed disks may be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention by placing the revoluble disk above the fixed disk, as it is only necessary, in order to carry out my inventlon, that the said disks shall be relatively rotatable. The upper disk is provided with a series of spaced openings 10, which are, arranged in radial series, each series containing three openings, and between the inner circular series of openings and the intermediate series, and between said intermediate series and the outer concentric ,seriesof openings are arranged circular series of cards similar to those employed in the ordinary games of cards, twentysix cards being preferably arranged in each series, whereby one entire pack of fitty-two cards is arranged upon the surfaceof the upperdisk. The cards are held in place detach ably by means of clips 11, having free lateral the upper disk in alignment with the cards carried by said upper disk. The cards are secured to the lower disk by means of clips 12, similar to those of the upper disk beneath which the edges of the cards are inserted in order that the latter may be interchanged and arranged as may be required or is desirable. The'lower disk is provided with a'series of handles 13, which extend beyond the periphery of the fixed disk to permit of ,v turning the revoluble disk in the manner hereinafter explained.

From the above description it will be understood that in theseveral'positions of; the revoluble disk five cards, two -being;carried by the upper and three bythe'lowerdiskmi'e arranged in alignment, thus forming'anumber of radial'sets or hands corresponding to the number of pairs of cards which are fixed to the upper disk.

A number of games can be played with the arrangement above described, and in order to illustrate the manner of manipulating the apparatus, I will describe the game of poker as played therewith. Each player selects two aligned cards upon the upper disk as the basis of his hand, and to which, in poker parlance, he will draw. The revoluble disk is now turned or given an impetus by which it is caused to revolve a number of times,

and when it comes to rest the cards of the lower disk which are visible through the openings in that set in which each players selected cards are arranged, combined with said selected cards, comprise his hand, from which point the game proceeds in the ordinary way. .It will'be seen thatalarge choice ofcards forselection is presented, and as the point at .whichthe revoluble disk comes to restis entirely avmatter of chance, and as twice as many cards are arranged in each circular series of the lower disk as-in the circularseriesof the upper disk, a large diversityofhands is presented. When the revoluble disk has come to rest, and during the play-succeedingthis distribution of hands, the parts are lockedin their set-positions by means of a locking-pin 14,,which is inserted through a perforation 15 in the upper disk and engages the lower disk.

Inconnection with the above apparatus I employchips, which are stamped or marked to represent the several cards in an ordinary pack, and which may be used as follows: Each player draws fivechips, and the first player thentnrns the revoluble disk, and when'the lattercomes to rest places one of the chipsfinhis hand upon a corresponding card of the upper disk, provided such card is in alignment with a similarcard of the lower disk. He continues to play, aslong as he can match'the cards as described, and when un able to proceed, the second player takes his place. 'As the chips are played others are drawn in hands of five, as inthe first instance, and the player whozfirst exhausts his supply wins. the game.

The apparatus as described can also be employed as a raffie by assuming that the spot-cards count according to the number of spots,;while the face-cards represent a fixed number, as two. ,In this way aisum of forty-nine'may be thrown as the maximum amountby the arrangement of three-tens of the lower disk in alignment with aten and a nineof the upper disk; and six may be thrown as the. minimum amount by the arrangement of four aces and a face-card in alignment.

Various'changes inthe form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing trom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim 5-? 1. Agame apparatus having relatively rotatable card-bearing disks, the cards being so arranged as to be brought into alignment to w form sets or hands, substantially as specified.

2. In a game apparatus, the combination-of upper and lower relatively-rotatable cardbearing disks, the upper disk being provided with openings through whichthe cards of the lower disk may be Viewed, substantially as specified. v

3. .In a. game apparatus, the combination of upper and lower contiguous relatively-rotatable card-bearing disks, the upper disk being provided with openings through which the cards of the lower disk may be viewed, each .set of such openingsbeingin radial alignment with onefor more cards of the upper disk, substantiallyas. specified.

4:. In a game apparatus, the combination of upper and lower relatively-rotatable disks, and cards detachably and interchangeably secured to the said disks, substantially as specified. v

5. In a game apparatus, the combination of an upper disk provided withcircular series of openings, and interposed circular series of cards, and a lower disk adjacent to and parallel with said upper d isk and'provided with circularseries of oardswhich are adaptedto align with the openingsof the upper. disk, said disks being relatively rotatable, substantially as specified.

6. In a game apparatus,the combination of relatively-rotatable upper and lower disks, the upper disk being .providedwith concentric series of. openings andinterposed :cards arranged in radial sets and v the lower disk being provided with circular series .ofcards adapted to be viewed through the openings of the upper disk, the number ofcards in each. series of the lower disk being greater than the number in each series of the upper disk, substantially as specified.

7. In a game apparatus, the combination with an upright providedat its upper end with a bearing and aterminalsquared or angular portion, a disk rotatably mounted upon said bearing, and an upper ;disk provided with a socket which is fitted upon said angular portion, said disks being provided with cards arranged in radial sets and the upper disk being provided with openings through which the cardsot the lowerdisk may be viewed, substantially as specified.

8. In agame apparatus, thecombination with a .suitablestand or support, ota'fixed card-bearingdisk provided with spaced openings, anda subjacent parallel card-bearing disk rotatably mounted upon said stand or support and provided with handles which extend. beyond the periphery of the fixed disk, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. 

